Gay Gotham: art and underground culture in New York – in pictures

Gay Gotham: art and underground culture in New York – in pictures

The Museum of the City of New York is to present Gay Gotham, examining the artistic subcultures that have traditionally thrived in the city among the LGBT community. The exhibition will run until 27 February 2017

The House of Jourdan balls were legendary in New Jersey where gay and transgender men would strut their stuff. Pictured are Whitney Elite, Ira Ebony, Stewart and Chris LaBeija, Ian and Jamal Adonis and Ronald Revlon in 1989